Mira Road builder arrested after faking ED summons to extort ₹6.5 crore from competitor
On March 17, a man was arrested from Delhi for allegedly providing the fake ED summons to the accused, Raju Shah, whose anticipatory bail plea was rejected by the sessions court on Wednesday.
Mumbai: A Mira Road-based builder was arrested for allegedly faking Enforcement Directorate (ED) summons to extort around ₹6.5 crore from his two competitors last month.
On March 17, a man was arrested from Delhi for allegedly providing the fake ED summons to the accused, Raju Shah, whose anticipatory bail plea was rejected by the sessions court on Wednesday.
In September last year, the complainant Anand Ramprasad Agarwal had received information that Shah had posted on his social media that ED had issued summons against him. After Anand checked with the law enforcement agency, he learnt that the summons which were making rounds on social media were fake.
Kashimira police said that Agarwal had filed a complaint in February 2023 about the extortion attempt. After this, an investigation was conducted and an FIR was registered against three builders – identified as Gautam Agarwal, Mitesh Shah and Raju Shah.
In his statement to the police, Agarwal, the owner of AA Corp Construction Company, said that Harish Agarwal and Jordan Pereira are his business partners. He said that Gautam Agarwal, who is the owner of Construction India and Real Infra Advisors, was his acquaintance and they had been working since 2007.
{{/usCountry}}In his statement to the police, Agarwal, the owner of AA Corp Construction Company, said that Harish Agarwal and Jordan Pereira are his business partners. He said that Gautam Agarwal, who is the owner of Construction India and Real Infra Advisors, was his acquaintance and they had been working since 2007.
{{/usCountry}}Since 2014, Gautam had been acting strangely with his partners and claimed that he was cheated. In 2013, the three partners acquired a property in Kashigaon from Noor Patel. On February 22, 2022, Gautam then went ahead and filed complaints against the partners with the ED and the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
{{/usCountry}}Since 2014, Gautam had been acting strangely with his partners and claimed that he was cheated. In 2013, the three partners acquired a property in Kashigaon from Noor Patel. On February 22, 2022, Gautam then went ahead and filed complaints against the partners with the ED and the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
{{/usCountry}}Sandip Kadam, senior police inspector of Kashimira Police Station said that in January 2021, Gautam had submitted an application at Bhayander Police Station, stating that Agarwal and his partners had cheated him of ₹6.5 crore but there was no evidence and no FIR was registered.
{{/usCountry}}Sandip Kadam, senior police inspector of Kashimira Police Station said that in January 2021, Gautam had submitted an application at Bhayander Police Station, stating that Agarwal and his partners had cheated him of ₹6.5 crore but there was no evidence and no FIR was registered.
{{/usCountry}}Kadam said that only after Shah posted the fake summons on his social media, Mitesh Shah told Agarwal to settle the matter and offered to mediate for consideration of ₹5 lakh. Agarwal told the police that to defame the partners, Gautam, Raju and Mitesh had got the fake ED summons against him prepared and tried to threaten him using the fabricated document. “We have arrested Shah and are tracing the other accused in the case,” said Kadam.
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